Pint-sized actor Danny DeVito is part-owner of this Ocean Drive eatery that serves upscale Italian fare. The history of the restaurant is nearly as engrossing as one of his blockbuster productions. Just in the past year, DeVito's was the subject of a tipping scandal and ten food safety violations. Hence, its exile to the end of the list.

4. Offerdahl's Café Grill195 SE 3rd Ave., Miami786-621-5424

John Offerdahl probably took the strangest path on the celebrity-restaurant bandwagon. He started in the bagel business after a brother-in-law came up with an invention for a new oven that made them faster. That string of bagel shops are now Einstein Brothers Bagels after Boston Market bought them out. But the former Dolphins linebacker still serves up bagel creations at Offerdahl's Café Grill, a fast food spot with two locations in Miami

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Robert De Niro is one of the forces behind this poolside Tuscan-inspired restaurant located on the patio of the Shore Club. The actor is a mini-mogul of the restaurant business--he also owns Locanda Verde and Tribeca Grill in New York, Nobu with its dozens of locations, and two more outposts of Ago Restaurant in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.